Obligatory Charity Tax (Zakat)
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1421
اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ لأَتَصَدَّقَنَّ بِصَدَقَةٍ. فَخَرَجَ بِصَدَقَتِهِ فَوَضَعَهَا فِي يَدَىْ زَانِيَةٍ، فَأَصْبَحُوا يَتَحَدَّثُونَ تُصُدِّقَ اللَّيْلَةَ عَلَى زَانِيَةٍ. فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى زَانِيَةٍ، لأَتَصَدَّقَنَّ بِصَدَقَةٍ. فَخَرَجَ بِصَدَقَتِهِ فَوَضَعَهَا فِي يَدَىْ غَنِيٍّ فَأَصْبَحُوا يَتَحَدَّثُونَ تُصُدِّقَ عَلَى غَنِيٍّ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ الْحَمْدُ، عَلَى سَارِقٍ وَعَلَى زَانِيَةٍ وَعَلَى غَنِيٍّ. فَأُتِيَ فَقِيلَ لَهُ أَمَّا صَدَقَتُكَ عَلَى سَارِقٍ فَلَعَلَّهُ أَنْ يَسْتَعِفَّ عَنْ سَرِقَتِهِ، وَأَمَّا الزَّانِيَةُ فَلَعَلَّهَا أَنْ تَسْتَعِفَّ عَنْ زِنَاهَا، وَأَمَّا الْغَنِيُّ فَلَعَلَّهُ يَعْتَبِرُ فَيُنْفِقُ مِمَّا أَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ
Allāhumma laka al-ḥamdu lʾataṣaddaqanna biṣadaqatin. fakharaja biṣadaqatihi fawaḍaʿahā fī yaday zāniyatin, fa-aṣbaḥūā yataḥaddathūna tuṣuddiqa al-laylaha ʿalā zāniyatin. faqāla-Llāhumma laka al-ḥamdu ʿalā zāniyatin, lʾataṣaddaqanna biṣadaqatin. fakharaja biṣadaqatihi fawaḍaʿahā fī yaday ghaniyyin fa-aṣbaḥūā yataḥaddathūna tuṣuddiqa ʿalā ghaniyyin faqāla-Llāhumma laka al-ḥamdu, ʿalā sāriqin waʿalā zāniyatin waʿalā ghaniyyin. fa-utiya faqīla lah ammā ṣadaqatuka ʿalā sāriqin falaʿallah an yastaʿiffa ʿan sariqatihi, wa-ammā az-zāniyah falaʿallahā an tastaʿiffa ʿan zināhā, wa-ammā al-ghaniyyu falaʿallah yaʿtabiru fayunfiqu mimmā aʿṭāhu-Llāh
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
Narrated Abu Huraira:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "A man said that he would give something in charity. He went out with his object of charity and unknowingly gave it to a thief. Next morning the people said that he had given his object of charity to a thief. (On hearing that) he said, "O Allah! All the praises are for you. I will give alms again." And so he again went out with his alms and (unknowingly) gave it to an adulteress. Next morning the people said that he had given his alms to an adulteress last night. The man said, "O Allah! All the praises are for you. (I gave my alms) to an adulteress. I will give alms again." So he went out with his alms again and (unknowingly) gave it to a rich person. (The people) next morning said that he had given his alms to a wealthy person. He said, "O Allah! All the praises are for you. (I had given alms) to a thief, to an adulteress and to a wealthy man." Then someone came and said to him, "The alms which you gave to the thief, might make him abstain from stealing, and that given to the adulteress might make her abstain from illegal sexual intercourse (adultery), and that given to the wealthy man might make him take a lesson from it and spend his wealth which Allah has given him, in Allah's cause
Source
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī · 1421
- Agreed upon as authentic (al-Bukhārī / Muslim)